Jeff Darlington, of NFL.com, which is owned by the league, ripped the Jets for their handling of the Tim Tebow press conference.

“It’s one thing to manage a monster,” wrote Darlington on the league’s website. “It’s another to feed it. And if the Jets continue to cultivate an environment that fuels even more life into their newly acquired phenomenon — which is exactly what they did Monday — they might as well go ahead and name Tebow as the team’s starter right now . . .

“On the day New York agreed in principle to this trade, I suggested the pressure on Sanchez was no reason to admonish this move. Sanchez is not a rookie, and if he can’t handle Tebow’s shadow, he’s not good enough.

“Well, at the time, I didn’t realize the Jets would march out their newly acquired quarterback for an introductory news conference in a forum generally reserved for starters.”